The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08
State INSTITUTIONS.
Splendid Record OF Gov. Nc
Enery's Administration.
Good Management Increased
Accommodations and
Efficiency
Il SkoaUSAg Beyond Compa9i-
soM eUitb Any Precious
administration

Nothing is more creditable to a State or
more conclusive of good government than
the care and well-being Of its charitable in
stituiions.
Judged by this standard, Louisiana can
now challenge comparison with any State in
the Union.
This was not, unfortunately, always the
case; and that it is SO now is due to the i'm
provements that have been made during the
administration of Go. McEaery. These inn
provements Ee1ve had the earnest encourage
ment of the Governor. and have been made
by the various and excellent boards Of di-
rectors appointed by him, whose efforts for
the amelioration Of the condition Of the I'M
fortunates under their control have been
promoted by every influence at the command
of the Governor. q
The institutions under direct control Of the
Ssate are the Charity Hospital at New Or
leans, the Charity Hospital at Shreveport,
the Insane 42sylum at jackson, La, and the
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the
Institution for the Blind at Baton Rouge.
The Confederate Soldiers Home at New Or
leans is supported by State appropriations,
it's directors being composed OF the officers
ginia and the Army Of Tennessee.
those institutions will suffice to show the
great Improvement in the care of those within
their walls, the vast increase in their capac-
~, snd the sie eoas Gay p msEpery en- eam al TO 0'9 9Se
head of State affairs and became directly re-
sponsible for their administration
THE CHARITY HOSPITAL.
The Charity Hospital at New Orleans is
justly a source Of pride to the people Of the
entire State. Since its foundation it has
done q great and good work; but atno PERIOD
in it's history has it been SO thoroughly equip
ped for its mission in behalf OF the suffering
principles Of philanthropy, and open to all
who apply for admission without distinc-
ton. of nationality or condition, no State
in the Union, no country on the globe,
in this great>e-arity. Il has been Coy. Nc
Enery's constant ain-an aim faithfully car.
ried out by the able and efficient Board OF
Administration selected by the Governor
to meet the growing wants of the hospital,
to increase its Accommodations and to extend
its aid to the suffering, the INDECENT poor par
ticularly. The results OF this work have been
stitution and q marvellous extension OF is
work. In fact, it can hardly be called the
same institution, so many have been the
IMPROVEMENTS IN RECENT YEARS.
Some of these improvements are
The system in place OF tia, old time
vault system, The sewer system Has 1naug-
urated May g., 1884. It had long been re-
garded as . necessity, but no practical steps
were taken to secure it until Gov. MeEnefy
succeeded to the Executive chair. Under
ground pipes, since the date mentioned, con-
meet the vaults of the hospital premises with
a central reservo1ef OF 32, 600 gallons ca
pacity. These pipes are cleared at intervals
ing tanks. Twice OF thrice daily the contents
of the central reservoir are forced by q Blake
pump through a six-inch underground pip
are conducted from the central reservoir
through an escape pipe over the furnace of
the engine-room. and are thus destroyed.
The Annex or New Extension Is q comfort
ably constructed two-story. and attic. brick
building, with large, well lighted and wide
corridors, wards ventilated according to
modern hospital requirements 1000 and
more cubic feet for each bed, Gnen-rooms,
messroonls, ~dining-roor1s for convalescents.
water closets, ETC., and heated throughout
by improved steam radiators. This building
closely joins and forms Q continuation of the
old female department., which latter has
been raised to the floor level of the annex by
an elevation of two feet. h capacity OF
the newhouse is eighty-three beds for women
ing m~uch-needed accommodations to tae
formerly crowded female department..
The new Dead House and Pathological
Laboratory and Museum OF Pathology was
opened for use Sept. 1, 1884, and is located
on Locust street, o n the more unobseryed
portion of The hospital grounds. 1t is q two
story brick structure, dimensions 3ox5o
pointments of the Dead House proeer, paved
and wainscoted with slate stone, with a suit
of rooms from which the dead who are
, claimed may be buried by relatives an
friends; on the second floor, Ifhe PATHOLOGY.
cal Laboratory and Museum OF Pathology,
two large, well lighted rooms, especially de
signed for the purpose. j.. :,
of brick, is annexed to the female eye ward.
It has been constructed with a view to light,
and is furnished on three sides with large
French plate glass windows.
r - 4IA y1aniS1 1r1IiaIYtoy J1Ta9h1s tho GIFnnrTI
sion of the house committee, considerable
: improvements have. been INTRODUCED. Mn
new and improved yentilators have beer
: Superseded BY the steam radiators, have beer
, converted into ventiiating shafts and con
Jointly have much benefited the interior at
mosphere.
THE CHARITY HOSPITAL AMBULANCE ERyIC
is another great aid in the efficient prosecq
ton of the work of the Charity Hospital. !
G was put in full operation Feb. 2, 1885. L
: quote from DR.. Miles, the house surgeon o
the hospital:
: mand well-nigh imperative. Since the eree
! ton of the hospital in 1882, the sick and IN
: jured have been brought &C. the door IN ven
cles Of every conceivable kind employed Il
the travel and traffic of the city. Many pa
tients suffered discomfort merely. Will
others sustained injuries ~prejudlcial to thel
g after treatment. Somes only a few let US be
: lieye, must have suceumbed TO the dela
= l. hIlu 1ll-QpuSO ~ AVA RA~N NN
The necessity for some better means 70
J; conveying the sick or the wounded to the hos
q pisal being apparent, the Board OF Admins
traitors, with the hearty approval and &C
/, operation of Gov. McEnery, who is ez-ofici
T president of the board, set about ,devisin
\ means to secure it. The result has been tn
service, fully equipped with every appl1ane
n for the lessening or relief OF suffering. an
! prompt to respond to al calls. The servie
:. III housed ina commodious two-Story brio
building on Common street, Immediately OF
posite the hospital. proper, OF which 1T 1s
most efficient auxiliary. and which provide
y ample accommodation fofothe ambulance
I and horses, and sleeping apartments aboy
for She resident students and other atten1
ants connected with the service. At cal
day or night. the students are OF once /
4 place, The horses are as t;e is and me ca a5n Id,
gical appliances, rapidly rolls away on 4
errand of mercy.
This ambulance system is conceded to b
g the best in the United. States. Its pro1np
ness in answering calls and it's well equippe
70 anxiiiaries: theinteI1igent and qualified res
dent Students, with their ample supply |
n surgical a~ppliances and medicines, render !
4 aid Invaluable in conserving life IN emergeI
ls cases. Compared with the inhuTnaIa, AM
u 0nated methods of transportation an II
rough cart and furniture wagon previous
. in vogue, the ambulance y an a algslpm la 10 u :,
IS month, and are answered with the expedltie
n and alaerity of o fire engine.
s. These are some OF the external ifnproy
ments that have been made TO the Chair
HospitaI since Gov. McEnery succeeded
n The Executive chair. Over S7l,ooO we
re spent on the new buildings and the seweral
n MISUNDERSTANDING of the ambulance service
tie Of which s37, 4s4 70 Was appropriated fro
Z, the general hospital fund n $33, 574
y were derived from donations by eItizsIls.
ID New Orleans and other portions OF the STAT
anDronriations by police juries and fro
~ other sources. When the increasing 9
naands upon the hospital rendered. the gag
N 4ians Indispensable for the comfort q. Z
f~afienfs. Tie Board Of Administrators, I'm
te fngt the means at their disposal Inadequs
3 for the purpose,